insult
英 [ɪn'sʌlt]
美 [ɪn'sʌlt]
助记提示
sal-在词源上的意思是“盐”，古时候盐曾经被用作货币，所以有salary一词，就是以盐作为薪水。
英语中的成语“worth one's salt" 就是”称职”，意思是对得起自己的工资。
此外，盐是从海里来的，sal-也指海水.
表示“跳”的那个sal-来自sul-,如result就是“跳回来”，引申为“反馈，反弹回来”，所以就是“结果”。
可谓就是“种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆”。
同样，consult就是“跳到一起”，所谓的“协商，咨询”；
insult的意思是“朝里扑，跳进去”，后来引申为“刺激，侮辱”。
这些在词源上都是有据可查的。
中文词源
insult 侮辱，冒犯in-,进入，使，-sul,跳，词salient,salmon.即跳起来打，后用于指语言侮辱，侵犯，冒犯。
英文词源
- insult
- insult: [16] The -sult of insult comes from a word that meant ‘jump’. Its source was Latin insultāre ‘jump on’, a compound verb based on saltāre ‘jump’. This was a derivative of salīre ‘jump’, source in one way or another of English assail, assault, desultory, salacious, and salient. Old French took insultāre over as insulter and used it for ‘triumph over in an arrogant way’. This was how the word was originally used in English, but at the beginning of the 17th century the now familiar sense ‘abuse’ (which had actually developed first in the Latin verb) was introduced.
=> assail, assault, desultory, salacious, salient - insult (v.)
- 1560s, "triumph over in an arrogant way," from Middle French insulter (14c.) and directly from Latin insultare "to assail, to leap upon" (already used by Cicero in sense of "insult, scoff at, revile"), frequentative of insilire "leap at or upon," from in- "on, at" (see in- (2)) + salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Sense of "to verbally abuse, affront, assail with disrespect" is from 1610s. Related: Insulted; insulting.
- insult (n.)
- c. 1600 in the sense of "attack;" 1670s as "an act of insulting," from Middle French insult (14c.) or directly from Late Latin insultus, from insilire (see insult (v.)). To add insult to injury translates Latin injuriae contumeliam addere.
双语例句
- 1. She spat the name out like an insult.
- 她像骂人似的说出了那个名字。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Forgive me, I don't mean to insult you.
- 请原谅，我并非有意侮辱你。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He felt the smart of their insult for many days.
- 他受到他们的侮辱后好多天都感到难受.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The principal castigate the student who have insult their teacher.
- 校长谴责对老师不敬的学生.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. He was still steaming over the insult he had received.
- 他仍在为他所受的侮辱发怒.
来自《简明英汉词典》